Tesla M2050 vs Radeon R9 270

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking416not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.87no data
Power efficiency5.37no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameCuracaoGF100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 November 2013 (10 years ago)25 July 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 $2,699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1280448
Core clock speedno data575 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate74.0032.20
Floating-point processing power2.368 TFLOPS1.03 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs8056

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm248 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data773 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s148.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
UVD+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA-2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 November 2013 25 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 225 Watt

R9 270 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

Tesla M2050, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 270 and Tesla M2050. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 270 is a desktop card while Tesla M2050 is a workstation one.


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